I was thinking about how dreams are just our brains processing visual data from our waking lives. But if someone has never had visual data to begin with, what does a dream actually look like to them? Is it just a radio play with physical sensations? Has there ever been a study on this?
Do you not have sounds and or other sensory experiences in your dreams?
Actually, now that I think about it, kind of but mostly no. Things that happen in the waking world get incorporated into my dreams, but in my actual dreams, I mostly just tell myself I heard something, but I don’t actually hear it in the moment. I.e., if I hear music, it’s more like I’m reciting the lyrics in my head and working backwards.
No, people born completely blind do not see visual imagery in their dreams, but their dreams are far from empty.